Why is this graduate attribute important?

Students need to be able to communicate effectively with their peers, lecturers, professional colleagues and employers. Effective communication skills help students to improve their academic performance and increase their employment options.

It has always been important for graduates to have excellent communication skills, but in today’s highly inter-connected world, the ability to communicate using a variety of channels is even more important. Good teamwork begins with good communication, and feedback from employers of DIT graduates indicates that being an excellent communicator ranks as the most important graduate attribute our graduates can have.

Engage in online communities to access and share information appropriately

Transfer the online skills of finding, critically evaluating and deploying information to a real-life context

Learning experiences of students on placement

Instead of asking students to write a report on their experiences, students out on work placement undertake a period of writing individual reflective blogs (4 x weekly blog @ 400 words per blog) to capture their experiences and reflections on experiences.